Practice

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Period 3 Language Study
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Revision

• ?????????????
• make, watch, wonder, be, cool, multiply,
  begin, exist, explode
• Where do we come from? How did the
  universe_____? When we ______ the stars through
  the telescope, we ______ why the universe ____.
  After the Big Bang, the earth ___ just a cloud
  of energetic dust.

watch
begin
wonder
exist
was
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• Somehow it ________ loudly with fire and Rock,
  which _____ the earths atmosphere. As the earth
  _____ down, water _____ to appear on its surface,
  which was important for the beginning of life.
  Then living things _________ on the earth.

exploded
made
began
cooled
multiplied
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Explanation

• 1. We usually think of science subjects as
  physics...
• think of sb./sth. as...
  
• think sb. to be...
• think well /highly / much of
  
• think ill / little / poorly of...
• be well thought of

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• 2. It exploded loudly with fire and rock, which
  were in time to produce the water vapour.
• in time sooner or later eventually
• Ill see him in time.
• in time (for sth. /to do sth.) not late
• She will be back in time to prepare dinner.

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• ?time?????
• in no time ??,??
• at times ??
• at a time ????
• once upon a time ??

on time ????
at one time ?? for the
time being ?? from time to time
???
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• 3. As the earth cooled down, water began to
  appear on its surface. ???????,
  ?????????????
• 1) cool down ??, ??

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• 2) appear ??,??????????? ??,???????,????????
• Our teacher appeared on TV this morning.

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• I. ??????
• appear ????????????????, ??????????
• seem????????????, ????????, ?????????
• look?????????????, ?????????

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• She is fifty but she appears young.
  ?????,????????(??????)
• She seems young. (I think he is rich.)
  ????????(?????????????)
• She looks young. ?????(?????????)

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• II. ??????
• appear, look, seem ???????????to be ???
• The man who came yesterday appeared / seemed
  / looked an honest man .
  ?????????????????

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• b. look ??????,? seem, appear ?????
• He is looking very happy.
  ??????????

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• c. appear ? seem ???????????????????????,? look
  ??????to be ???,????????????
• She appeared to agree with you.
  ??????????
• They dont seem to have read this novel.
  ?????????????

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• d. look, seem ???? like ????,???????, ? appear
  ??????
• It seems like years since I last saw you .
  ????????,???????????
• He looks like a student.
  ?????????

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• e. seem, look ???? as if , as though
  ???????,?????????????????,? appear ????
• It seemed / looked as if he had been to
  Beijing. ?????????

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• f. appear ?seem ??? that ?????,? look ???
• It seems / appears that we wont finish this
  work today.
  ??????????????

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• g. appear ? seem ???there be ???,? look ????
• There appears to have been an accident .
  ?????????

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• 4. They laid eggs too. ??????
• lay-laid-laid-laying ?, ?...... ??...... ??
• He laid his books on the desk.
• ??
• lay (laid laid laying) ????
• lie (lay lain lying) ???
• lie (lied lied lying) ??

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• The naughty boy ___ to me that the hen that ___
  there just now had___ two eggs the day before.
• A. laid laid laid B. laid lay lain
• C. lied laid lain D. lied lay laid

D
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• 5. As time went by they covered the earth and
  have become the most important animals on the
  planet.
• go by ?? ?????, ???pass,??,??
• He let a week go by before answering the
  letter. ?????????

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• pass by ????????
• They cant pass the matter by without making a
  protest.
• You should never let an opportunity pass by.

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• 6. They are putting too much carbon dioxide into
  the atmosphere, which prevents heat from escaping
  from the earth into space.
  ?????????????????,?????????????????
  ????

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• prevent sth. / sb. (from) doing sth.
• ??(??)??(??)???
• What can we do to prevent this accident (from)
  happening?
• I intend to go and nothing you do can prevent me!
  (??)
• Nothing can prevent this plan from being carried
  out.

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• prevent sb. from doing sth. keep/stop sb. from
  doing sth.,
• ?keep sb. from doing sth.?from????
• prevent / stop sb. from doing sth.??from??,
• ????????,????from?????

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• 7. The earth may become too hot for the lives on
  it.
• ?????????????????????

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• ??too?????
• too? ? ??
• There is too much water.?????
• The question is too hard to understand.????,?????
• I shall be only too pleased to hear from you
  further.
  ??????????

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• 2) ?cannot/can never...too???,??????????????
  
• You cannot praise him too highly.
  ?????????????
• You can never be too careful of your health.
  ?????????

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• ---- Are you going to the football game?
• ---- No. The tickets are __ expensive for me.
  
  A. very much B. far too
  C. highly D. so much
• ?? too???for sb. ?? ?, far ???too??? ???

B
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8.This encouraged the development of early
shellfish and all sorts of fish.
encourage ??????????????,??????????????
High prices for corn and wheat will encourage
farming.
?????????????????
My success encouraged me to continue.
?????????????
He encouraged me to learn dancing.
?????????
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9. spread??? (1)vi. (???)??,????
The news spread through the school very
quickly. The fire spread from the factory to the
house nearby.
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(2)vt. ???,??,??,??out????
I spread a new cloth on the table.
?????????????
He spread out his arms to welcome us.
??????????
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• 10. Whether life will continue on the earth for
  millions of years to come will depend on whether
  this problem can be solved.
• ?????????,?????????????????????????

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• depend vi. ??,????,?? (???) ???
• You can depend on John he is always on time.
  
  ???????,???????

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believe sb. ????(????) believe in sb.
??/???? trust (in) sb. ??/??/???? depend
on count on sb. rely on
??/??/??/????
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• Tell him what you want to say hes a man to __.
  
  A. count B. believe
  C. trust
  D. depend
• ????/????
• count on sb./believe in sb.
• /depend on sb./trust (in) sb.

C
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Learning about Language Ex1 Fill in the
blanks(2m)
alternative words and expressions
hard or firm
using force to hurt or attack
scientific study of the stars
usually or widely
stop from
natural large object that circles the sun
the changes as plants or animals grow older
burst
The covering (of something)
Way of doing things
solid
violent
astronomy
generally
prevent from
planet
development
explode
surface
method
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Ex2.Complete this passage with some of the above
words. My friend Li Yanping was really very
interested in ___________.he liked to watch
changes in the moon,the only natural satellite of
the earth through his telescope. One evening he
thought he saw a huge comet ________as it hit the
moon. The ________of the moon produced a lot of
dust that became _______like a large ball. It
seemed as if it would multiply and become a new
_______.Li Yanping thought he was seeing the
______________of the universe until he noticed
some dirt on his telescope!he was very
disappointed.
astronomy
explode
surface
solid
planet
development
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Ex3.Put these words into the more suitable of the
two boxes.
Fierce words Peaceful words

energetic violent angry cruel terrible
shocked harmful jealous
gentle patient calm relaxing kind friendly
Ex4.Choose the correct word to fill in each of
these blanks.
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B
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• Smoking is ________ to your health.
• Thats to say, it does ______ to your
• health. (harm)
• 2. As we know, _________ do experiments
  ____________. (science)
• 3. With the _____________ of the society,
• children _______ better in their
• childhood. (develop)
• 4. We are proud of your _______
• progress. Youll make more _________.
• (gradual)

harmful
harm
scientists
scientifically
development
develop
gradual
gradually
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Homework

• Make use of different learning resources to
  have an inquiry study of subject clause ,and
  summarize the rules of it.